From Fedora Project Wiki

Packages that are considered retired from Fedora Package Collection

  • These are packages, which have been removed from the Fedora repository at some point of time. Sometimes because upstream projects have stopped, sometimes because the packages are considered obsolete in favour of other software that already exists in the repository. Think twice before re-adding them. The previous package maintainers may have had good reason to retire these packages.
  • Eventually, these data may move into a package database.
915resolution 2007-11-18 - dropped for devel/F-9+; i810 driver no longer present in shipped version of xorg
amaya 2005-09-12 - never in FE5 or later
anjuta-gdl 2008-01-24 - renamed to libgdl in F-7 and later
aquamarine 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
at-poke 2006-01-09 - never in FE5 or later
atitvout 2008-03-30 - > F8 (handled by xrandr)
arc FE5
autorun 2007-06-27 - obsoleted by modern desktop systems like Gnome or KDE
awesfx 2008-04-10 - doesn't compile with the latest kernel
bdock 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beecrypt 2007-12-05 - dropped for devel/F-9+, obsolete and unused
beryl-core 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-dbus 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-manager 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-plugins 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-settings 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
bin2iso bin2iso doesn't come with any clear license statement, contacting upstream has failed
bitgtkmm 2009-01-28 - obsoleted by bit-gtkmm
bluecurve-kdm-theme 2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
bluez-libs 2008-10-02 - F10 and later, bluez-libs merged back in bluez package
bluez-utils 2008-10-02 - F10 and later, bluez-utils merged back in bluez package
bmp FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious
bmp-flac2 FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious
bochs-bios 2009-03-06 - There is now a bochs-bios subpackage of bochs
booty 2009-04-01 - Merged back into anaconda
brightside 2006-08-10 - upstream vanished
cairo-dock 2009-02-12 - blocked after F10 for patent concerns
centericq 2007-10-09 - upstream is long dead, centerim is an actively maintained branch...
chkfontpath 20080122 - No longer necessary since the introduction of font catalogues.
cksfv FE5
classpathx-jaxp 2008-04-01 - No longer maintained upstream, and contents are now in libgcj
compat-guichan06 2009-02-28 - No longer needed; replaced by guichan-0.7
compat-guile-16 2008-09-15 - Now opting guile 1.8 instead of guile 1.6 on F10
compat-wxGTK 2007-07-10 - obsolete
compat-wxPythonGTK2 2007-07-10 - obsolete
conexusmm 2009-01-28 - obsoleted by conexus-gtkmm
configure-thinkpad 2006-04-xx, requires tpctl - never in FE5 or later
conntrack 2007-12-15 - obsoleted by conntrack-tools
cpufreq-utils 2008-06-02 - renamed to cpufrequtils to match upstream project name
cupsddk 2009-03-11 - merged with cups in F-11
cvsup 2006-02-23 - never in FE5 or later
d4x 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing issues - Artistic 1.0 only - Could not reach upstream for relicensing
dekorator 2008-01-25 - Obsolete package (requires KWin 3, which is no longer present in Fedora 9)
dejavu-lgc-fonts 2007-10-22 - starting from F9, standalone package retired in favor of a dejavu-fonts subpackage
dhcdbd 2007-09-21 - obsoleted by NetworkManager 0.7.0 and higher
diag-ether 2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
diradmin 2006-08-05 - No upstream
ddrescue unknown - dd_rescue was packaged with the wrong name ddrescue, so ddrescue is not really retired but was never packaged at all.
dom2-core-tests 2008-04-01 - Package was never built into Fedora. Module was created before it was discovered that the package is not needed.
drivel 2008-07-17 - Dead/unresponsive upstream
eclipse-emf 2008-02-12 - Significant upstream renaming and movement. Will likely need to be multiple packages if resurrected.
eclipse-nlspackager 2008-04-25 - No upstream translations of 3.3.x.
eclipse-sdk-nls 2008-04-25 - No upstream translations of 3.3.x.
elmo 2006-02-22 - see #184530 for more info
em8300-kmod 2007-11-29 - external kmod packages no longer accepted in F9+
evolution-bogofilter 2007-08-23 - evolution absorbed this code
evolution-python 2008-05-18 - Obsoleted by gnome-python2-desktop (bz#444263)
evolution-webcal 2008-11-27 - Obsoleted by evolution-data-server (bz#468855)
f2py 2007-01-04 - contained in numpy, no more a standalone package upstream
fast-user-switch-applet 2008-03-08 - doesn't work with new gdm, obsoleted by gdm-user-switch-applet
fedora-rpmdevtools 2006-08-20 - renamed to rpmdevtools
fedoradna-kdm-theme 2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
fedoraflyinghigh-kdm-theme 2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
fedorainfinity-kdm-theme 2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
fillets-ng-data-cs 2006-09-14 - Additional data dropped by upstream
firefox-32 Fedora 8 - not needed. 'setarch i386 firefox' works if one needs to run a 32 bit browser, and nspluginwrapper will allow 32 bit plugins to work in a 64 bit browser
fonts-arabic 2008-07-07 - No longer in comps
fonts-chinese 2008-06-30 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by cjkunifonts.
fonts-hebrew 2008-07-07 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by culmus-fonts.
fonts-indic 2008-07-07 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by lohit-fonts.
fonts-korean 2008-06-30 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by baekmuk-ttf-fonts.
fonts-sinhala 2008-06-27 - Renamed to lklug-fonts
freefont 2009-03-24 - Renamed to gnu-free-fonts
gaim-gadugadu Gadu-Gadu support is included in pidgin package
gaim-meanwhile Meanwhile support is included in the pidgin package
gaim-otr Obsoleted by pidgin-otr
gcfilms Obsoleted by gcstar
gdesklets-calendar 2008-10-18 - Desklets included in gdesklets package
gimmie 2009-02-03 - Discontinued upstream
gkrellm-hddtemp 2007-09-08 - gkrellm can use server mode hddtemp directly
gktools 2006-02-28 - never in FE5 or later
gnome-applet-netmon FE5, seems dead upstream
gnome-build 2009-02-14 - merged with anjuta in F-11 and later
gnome-keyring-manager 2008-12-01 - No more active upstream, use Seahorse as replacement
gnome-python2-gda 2007-07-24 - Provided by gnome-python2-extras since F8
gnome-spell 2008-06-05 - Unused since F10, upstream is dead
gnome-sudoku FE7 (2006-10) - Absorbed by gnome-games
gnome-telnet 2006-06-03 - No upstream
gnome-theme-clearlooks-bigpack 2007-11-02 - Lack of upstream activity.
gpgme03 2006-10-16 - unused, everything else builds with gpgme-devel
graveman 2007-07-11 - No upstream activity
gruler 2008-10-09 - Renamed to sscreenruler
gstreamer-plugins-pulse 2008-11-07 - Obsoleted by gstreamer-plugins-good
gtkmozembedmm 2008-10-06 - No upstream activity since 2004 when last release done http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtkmozembedmm/1.4/ See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465910 for more information
gtkterm FE5
gtktalog 2006-08-05 - No upstream
Gtk-Perl 2006-06-29 - Depends on ancient gnome libs, old gnome libs being dropped in FC-6
g-wrap 2007-07-02 - unused, gnucash now uses swig
gwenview 2008-01-16 - Included in kdegraphics (bug 427688)
HelixPlayer 2008-09-17 - Killed for patent concerns
hping2 2006-08-19 - Upstream stopped development and started hping3, which is now in Fedora package collection
htb-util 2006-03-05 - never in FE5 or later
heliodor 2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
hula 2006-09-13 - has never been built in FE
hunky-fonts 2008-02-20 - functionality in other fonts like dejavu and upstream has no plans to modify it further
i810switch 2007-09-28 - functionality obsoleted by xrandr in F8
icmpdn FE5
inconsolata-fonts 2009-03-02 - Renamed levien-inconsolata-fonts
inti 2006-05-13 - never in FE5 or later
itext 2007-06-22 - licensing issues. see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236309
iozone 2008-08-27 - licensing issues. License did not give permission to modify.
ivman 2008-09-18 - potential licensing issues, upstream no more interested. See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18
jogl 2007-10-31 - "SGI Free Software License B" is not allowed for Fedora
juk 2007-10-13 - obsoleted by amarok
katapult 2008-09-15 - F10 - KDE4 deployment introduced Alt-F2
kleansweep 2008-09-15 - F10 - KDE4 deployment introduced alternative.
kmobiletools 2008-12-18 - upstream is dead
knetworkmanager 2008-12-18 - obsolete in kde-4.2
kompose 2009-02-25 - upstream is dead, never updated for kde 4
kooldock 2009-02-12 - blocked after F10 for patent concerns
kphone 2007-08-28 - upstream is dead
kpowersave 2008-12-18 - kde3 only, better newer tools
ksplash-engine-moodin 2008-01-25 - dropped for devel/F-9+ ; not available for KDE4
ksudoku 2007-11-24 - removed from devel/F9+, kdegames v4 includes ksudoku
ksynaptics 2009-02-20 - Upstream long dead
kvm 2009-03-06 - Provided by qemu
kyum 2008-06-23 - No support from upstream anymore
l2tpd 2007-02-20 - obsoleted by xl2tpd
libassetml FE6 - was only used by gcompris, which no longer uses it, upstream is dead too.
libdhcp 2008-12-04 - removed because anaconda now uses NetworkManager and mkinitrd now uses dhclient
libgdamm FE5 - not orphaned but severely bitrotted, removed per request
libgii FE10 - failed to package the whole ggi-project - failed at usability tests.
libmatchbox FE5 - was this ever actually available for any distro?
libmusicbrainz 2009-01-23 - Deprecated upstream
libol 2006-09-09 - It is now included in the syslog-ng 1.6.x tarballs. Upstream announcement: https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2005-June/007630.html
libosip 2007-08-28 - Old compatibility package that is no longer needed. Use libosip2.
libsvg 2006-11-12 - Used by compiz but has now been replaced by librsvg
libsvg-cairo 2006-11-12 - Used by compiz but has now been replaced by librsvg
libsynaptics 2009-02-20 - Upstream long dead
libtabe 2006-09-14 - Not required by any packages after absent of xcin in coming Fedora.
libtermcap 2007-12-12 - Obsoleted by ncurses.
libtunepimp 2009-01-23 - Deprecated upstream
libxfce4mcs 2009-02-09 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
libXTrap 2008-07-21 - Deprecated upstream, unused in any Fedora package
libXfontcache 2008-07-21 - Long since deprecated upstream, unused in any Fedora package
libzvt 2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later
lineak-defaultplugin 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineak-kdeplugins 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineak-xosdplugin 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineakd 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lincvs Will be replaced by crossvc
linkage 2000-03-03 - Package is dead upstream
mew 2009-01-28 - renamed to emacs-mew
mknbi 2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
mktemp 2008-03-13 - never in F9 or later
mosml 2008-09-10 - Uses code under a non-free license
ms-sys 2009-03-02 - Had non-free MBR and boot records embedded in the source code
nabi 2006-04-02 - never in FE5 or later
ncarg 2008-02-28 - replaced by ncl in F9 or later
netdiag 2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
netpanzer-data 2007-09-07 - Merged into netpanzer to follow merge by upstream.
njb-sharp 2008-02-21 - Package not used by anything, useless, not wanted.
nomadsync 2007-04-17 - Upstream dead for two years, does not respond to bug reports.
notemeister 2006-08-10 - Upstream stopped development and started a new project
ocaml-bitmatch 2008-07-17 - This package was renamed to ocaml-bitstring
ocsinventory-client 2008-03-08 - dropped from devel/F9 - Obsoleted by ocsinventory-agent
oki4linux 2009-03-21 - Obsoleted by foomatic oki* drivers, printer confirmed working with foomatic driver on F-9
okteta 2008-05-07 - included in kdeutils in KDE 4.1 and later (still shipped separately in F9 until KDE 4.1 is pushed to F9)
olpc-hardware-manager 2009-04-06 - Obsoleted by ohm.
openalpp 2007-09-29 - Obsoleted by osgal-0.6.1
opendap 2006-09-15 - Thoroughly obsolete, replaced upstream by libdap
openssl097a 2007-08-24 - Very old version of openssl097a shouldn't be used anymore.
Opyum 2008-06-12 - useless without pirut and PackageKit plans to implement offline package management
pam_fprint 2008-12-09 - Obsoleted in F11 by integration in GNOME control-center
packagekit-qt 2008-10-17 - Obsoleted by qpackagekit
paragui 2007-11-13 - Long dead upstream, no longer used by any packages in Fedora.
parchive 2005-xx-xx, no deps. Obsoleted by par2cmdline, in FE-4 and latter.
pdftk 2007-06-24 - licensing issues. see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236309
php-manual-en 2008-01-05 - Removed from F9-devel onwards; licensing issues, see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=419081
php-mmcache 2006-09-14 - Dead and forked as php-eaccelerator
php-pear-PHPUnit2 2007-10-04 - Obsoleted by php-pear-PHPUnit package which contains version 3.x+
php-pecl-sqlite 2006-08-28 - This extension is built into PHP 5 by default
php-pecl-zip 2006-12-02 - This extension is built into PHP 5.2.0 by default (Bugzilla #215966)
perl-Class-Gomor 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-DBIx-SQLite-Simple 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Packet 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Packet-Target 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Write 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-RPM2 2008-09-17 - Doesn't compile with rpm-libs-4.5.90
perl-Wx-Perl-Dialog 2009-03-31 - package is part of Padre since Padre-0.28
plib16 2007-02-02 - Compat package no longer required by anything (#222111)
postgresql-dbi-link 2007-01-22 - Removed per author's request (He does not want Oracle and Excel to be removed)
ppracer 2008-03-11 - Long dead upstream, succeeded by extremetuxracer.
pstack 2008-02-20 - Package gdb (its gstack) replaced the almost already empty package.
pwlib 2008-09-30 - F-10. Replaced by ptlib, ekiga/opal were the only user of it and are now using ptlib.
pyclutter 2008-10-07 - F-10. There is not upstream version compatible with clutter 0.8.x.
python-dbsprockets 2009-03-04 - Obsoleted by python-sprox
python-nltk_lite 2008-04-07 - Renamed by upstream to nltk (= python-nltk)
python-libtorrent 2007-03-07 - Was maintained as an external package by the upstream Deluge developers; but it has become part of the core Deluge packaging as of the 0.5-Beta release series, and the external package is no longer supported by its upstream developers.
python-urljr 2008-04-01 - Was only used by an earlier version of python-openid and is no longer needed by the current version.
python-yadis 2008-04-01 - Was only used by an earlier version of python-openid and is no longer needed by the current version.
pywbxml 2008-06-18 - Was only used by an earlier version of synce-sync-engine and was incorporated with the latest release
pyxapian 2009-04-07 - Was only used by OLPC. Is obsoleted by xapian-python and/or xappy
qa-assistant 2008-09-05 - Orphaned upstream
qfits 2008-04-10 - not required by cpl anymore, using cfitsio instead
rcssbase 2008-11-06 - obsolete by rcssserver-13.0.0
redhat-artwork-kde 2007-05-10 - built as a subpackage of redhat-artwork now (#239495)
R-gnomeGUI 2006-06-08 - No upstream, depends on ancient gnome libs, old gnome libs being dropped in FC-6
rman 2008-09-09 - Only available under Artistic 1.0, could not reach upstream for relicensing
rpmproc 2005-03-17 - upstream project dead
rssowl 2006-06-22 - BuildRequires itext, which was just removed due to licensing problems
rubygem-actionwebservice 2007-12-22 - upstream abandoned it in favor of activeresource
scim-sinhala 2006-06-12 - renamed to scim-sayura in devel/F-10 and later
screem FE5
scrollkeeper 2007-08-03 - Obsoleted by rarian
SDLmm 2007-11-13 - Long dead upstream, no longer used by any packages in Fedora.
search4files 2007-01-17 - upstream renamed to catfish
serenity 2008-01-26 - dropped for devel/F-9+ ; not yet available for KDE4
silky FE5 - upstream project dead
sion 2009-02-23 - Renamed gigolo upstream.
sirius 2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later
skencil 2008-07-09 - does not work with tk 8.5 any more
smeg Renamed to alacarte (when?)
sodipodi 2006-06-03 - No upstream response, no activity. Use Inkscape instead.
swh-plugins FE6 2006-12-27 - renamed to ladspa-swh-plugins
synaptics 2009-02-18 - Obsoleted by xorg-x11-drv-synaptics in rawhide (F11)
synce 2007-10-30 - split into various other package e.g. libsynce, librra etc.
sysklogd 2007-07-19 - Obsoleted by rsyslog
sysprof 2008-04-09 - Removed due to missing kmod dependency
sysprof-kmod 2007-12-01 - external kmod packages no longer accepted in F9+
system-config-soundcard 2008-04-10 - removed after discussion, sound will be configured by PA in F9+
system-summary 2008-03-19 - This wasn't really used to begin with, and now gnome-system-monitor provides an 'about this computer' dialog
system-switch-im 2006-09-15 - Obsoleted by im-chooser in FC.
system-switch-java 2008-07-27 - dropped for f10
tcl-tcldict 2008-01-07 - Obsoleted by tcl-8.5.0-4 in rawhide (F9)
tcl-tile Obsoleted by tk-8.5 (F9+)
tdl 2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
termcap 2007-12-12 - Obsoleted by ncurses.
tetex-arabtex 2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
tetex-armtex 2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
tetex-eurofont 2008-09-11 - non-free license, couldn't reach copyright holder for relicensing
tetex-font-tipa 2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
tetex-lgrind 2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later - license is non-Free according to upstream README
themes-backgrounds-gnome FE5
theora-exp Not in F-8 and later, F-8 contains libtheora 1.0alpha8, which includes the former exp. codec
thinkpad-kmod, thinkpad-kmod-common 2006-04-xx, required by tpctl - never in FE5 or later
tile Obsoleted by tk-8.5.0-2 in rawhide (F9)
tpctl 2006-04-xx, required by configure-thinkpad, requires thinkpad-kmod - never in FE5 or later
tuxkart FE5, FE6 2006-10-06 - replaced by supertuxkart, should get upgraded automaticly
unison 2008-03-30 - replaced by unison213 and unison227
uqm-content 2008-09-11 - Commercial restrictions in licensing, uqm now gets content from autodownloader
vdr-subtitles 2008-04-07 - Obsoleted by VDR >= 1.6.0
vdrift-data 2008-08-13 - Merged into vdrift to follow upstream.
VLGothic-fonts 2009-02-10 Renamed to vlgothic-fonts.
vnc 2009-01-21 - Dropped from F11, replaced by tightvnc
wxsvg 2009-01-20 - No software uses it without the ffmpeg extensions - see [1]
XaraLX unknown - includes a binary library in XaraLX-0.7r1764/libs
xcin 2006-09-14 - Obsoleted by scim and other input methods.
xfce4-dict-plugin 2008-07-10 - F10 - subpackage of xfce4-dict.
xfce-mcs-manager 2009-02-09 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugins 2009-02-09 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce4-minicmd-plugin 2008-07-10 - F10 - Dead upstream, superseded by xfce4-verve-plugin.
xmldiff 2007-04-05 - F7
xmoto-edit 2008-06-10 - F10 - Dead upstream, superseded by inksmoto.
xorg-x11-drv-magictouch 2008-03-03 - Dropped from F9, utterly non-functional
xorg-x11-drv-via 2008-03-10 - Dropped from F9, obsoleted by openchrome
zoo 2006-07-03 - No upstream, few users, needs security audit
Retrieved from "https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Deprecated_packages&oldid=95646"